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u/shepardleopard · 2 pointsr/SoCalR4R

Yeah, I'm SO happy with the result! No lie I cried a little at the end when it spat out my score and I'm sure it was embarrassing for the lady who helped me check out afterward.

I can't recommend Official Guide to the GRE enough. It's really good at teaching you all the math you need, but I think this ETS math review pdf is the same as in the book? Anyways the good thing about the book is it has two full length, official practice tests that are a similar difficulty as the real test and loads of practice questions. I did every question in here and read the math review like three times.

ETS has two more free official practice tests, same thing as the ones that come with the CD in the book. I did both of these too and half of the Manhattan Prep free practice test to practice quant.

For more practice questions I used the Manhattan GRE and Ready4GRE phone apps. They give you some free and you can pay if you want more. The Ready4 questions felt like good practice to me and the Manhattan ones were a little harder than the ones in the ETS book.

All my friends recommended signing up for Magoosh. I didn't because it is pricey, but sometimes people sell their accounts if they still have time on their subscriptions so check GRE facebook groups or /r/GRE. They have some free things: some video lessons and practice problems, and explanations of problems from the ETS practice tests/practice books. I heard the Princeton Review and Kaplan practice tests and questions are too easy compared to the real thing, but the Manhattan Prep 5lb Book of Practice Problems, official ETS extra quant book and extra verbal book, and Manhattan Prep study guide set are all supposed to be good.

This is my second time taking it. I def did not prep enough for the first one! This time I did a full practice test first for a baseline, wrote down topics I was bad at, read the math review, did the exercises from the book, and did all the practice problems from the book. Then I took another practice test, started doing questions from 3rd parties, and spaced out the rest of the practice tests.

For the writing I read a lot of sample essays that scored a 6 or 5 and made outlines for different essay prompts. I was too lazy to write even one full practice essay though so I might have bombed that part, ahaha. I spent about a month studying and $20 on the ETS official guide.

TBH I might be taking the GMAT now so maybe I'll join you guys. Good luck studying! :)

u/Phundamentalfun · 2 pointsr/SoCalR4R

To start off, don't expect yourself to sound like Kenny G right off the bat. You're gonna sound like a broken glass trying to grind itself across the chock board. But that's OK!
So to answer your question...

  1. Tenor Sax is great instrument to start off with. In fact, any instrument that uses reed is essentially a million time easier than the brass instrument such as the trumpet.
  2. For beginner, quality of the instrument doesn't really matter. But for a decent instrument I recommend purchasing Yamaha. On a personal note, I also recommend purchasing a better quality mouth piece than the one Yamaha provides. Also, please be aware that there are different quality reed. Buy the one that is branded "Rico" - level 2.
    The number on the reed indicate how stiff it is.

  3. this is the book that i started off with. https://www.amazon.com/W21XB-Standard-Excellence-Tenor-Saxophone/dp/0849759331/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498639037&sr=8-1&keywords=Standard+of+Excellence+Book+tenor
    It'll go over some of the basic of reading notes as well identifying the 'rest'. Though granted, this book is written for children so don't be dishearten or disgruntle about the level of music they have.

  4. In honesty, i recommend playing 30 min a day. Just keep in mind, there are no better way of learning than to play the music you enjoy. SO likewise, look for beginner music from your general music store. Just be sure you get some of the fundamental first before searching around.

  5. I actually started off in middle school playing the Clarinet. Within my high school life, my teacher had me balance between the clarinet, bass clarinet as well as the tenor sax.
    Between the three instruments, I missed playing the tenor sax the most. Its a "beast" to say the least.


u/Office_Zombie · 1 pointr/SoCalR4R

Um...No. I had a girlfriend once that I tried to learn BDSM for; and you really want an experienced Dom. There are safety issues involved. Circulation, permanent injury, good knots, bad knots, warming up the skin, head-games....

We stayed friends and she got a real Dom later and it was litterally night and day experience for her.

If I may, do yourself two favors. Use and expreinced Dom; and get a copy of Screw the Roses Send Me the Thorns.

It's BDSM 101 and covers a lot of great ground. (And don't be fooled by the cover, it's not a coffee table book.)

Good Luck.

u/themightyambassador · 1 pointr/SoCalR4R

https://www.amazon.com/CH-Hanson-03040-Magnetic-Finder/dp/B000IKK0OI

This one, it's just magnetic and does not have adjustable electronic sensors.